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It's been almost three years since my last journal so about time for a new one 
Funny how it follows my return from the other side of the planet - again. This time it falls even more true since the trip went to New Zealand and the time difference is nothing less than 12 hours. Combine that with 43 hours of travel, start to end, and you should think jet lag would become a huge problem. Fortunately not
NZ was amazing and although it reminds me of, and looks a lot like, Norway on the west coast - it also is very different. Me and my travel buddy Kenneth rented a car in Auckland and drove from there to Rotorua, Waitomo, Rotorua (oh yes... daytrip), Napier, Wellington - ferry to Picton, Christchurch, Mt. Cook, Queenstown, Milford Sound (day trip) before the last days in Queenstown. My favorites where probably Milford Sound at six in the morning (couldn't get closer to Avatars Pandora) and Waitomo caves with the glow-worms.
I've managed to add a couple of pictures from the trip already, but more will come
Funny how it follows my return from the other side of the planet - again. This time it falls even more true since the trip went to New Zealand and the time difference is nothing less than 12 hours. Combine that with 43 hours of travel, start to end, and you should think jet lag would become a huge problem. Fortunately not NZ was amazing and although it reminds me of, and looks a lot like, Norway on the west coast - it also is very different. Me and my travel buddy Kenneth rented a car in Auckland and drove from there to Rotorua, Waitomo, Rotorua (oh yes... daytrip), Napier, Wellington - ferry to Picton, Christchurch, Mt. Cook, Queenstown, Milford Sound (day trip) before the last days in Queenstown. My favorites where probably Milford Sound at six in the morning (couldn't get closer to Avatars Pandora) and Waitomo caves with the glow-worms.
I've managed to add a couple of pictures from the trip already, but more will come
Back from the far east
So I've been back from Japan almost a week now and I'm slowly starting to feel normal again ;)
Arriving in Tokyo on the first day was kind of crazy, but finding my way to the hotel were not as hard as I had imagined it to be fortunately. All signs you need to find your way are in English and if you stop and look a bit confused people come over to you and try their best to help you find your way even if they don't speak any English at all :)
The first two weeks traveling with the Intrepid group managed to go by incredibly fast and at the same time feel like it lasted at least twice as long as the actual time it took. We were 8 people, includ
New adventures
I finally booked my trip to Japan last week :) By finally I mean I've been dreaming of doing this ever since I was in my teens. Why haven't I've done it before? Well, several of my friends wanted to come with me, but we've never managed to get the timing right. Now I was bored of waiting for something that might never happen so I'm going on my own :)
It's kind of krazy thinking about leaving in just under three weeks when I feel I just about came back from South Africa. Two "big" trips in such a short time is not something I do often ;) I probably could make a habit out of it though :P
Of course I'm bringing my camera so now I just have to
Safari
So I'm back from my 3 week trip to South Africa. I joined a trip, arranged by Drifters, called Johannesburg to Cape Town 18 Day Overland Explorer.
This trip has been utterly amazing and with a fully packed schedule it felt like it lasted a lot longer than the 18 days it did. We visited places such as The Krüger National Park, Drakensberg and Karoo and everywhere we went we saw the indigenous animals in their natural environment. We were extremely lucky and managed to see all the "famous" animals of the country except for the Leopard, but I really don't mind since we did get to see two cheetahs which we weren't supposed to see at all.
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Not so much
Not much time for anything except work these days. We're on the final stretch to finish a whole bunch of visual effects for a major Norwegian movie so there's a lot to do not leaving any time for photography or any social life for that matter.
However, the ideas for new photos I want to do doesn't stop popping up so my list keeps getting longer and longer. That's not necessary a bad thing though. Can't wait to finish this project before the holidays and do some personal stuff again :)
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